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self sufficient effort to remain so. But God what are we coming to. I told her I was fine again but had to dissappoint us all in this -. [[strikethrough]] & hoped & did so [[/strikethrough]] I told her because I thought it might make her feel necessary & busy from the day he [[strikethrough]] left [[/strikethrough]] leaves. Paul's address will be c/o Babs. Thats another thing. Babs was my step cousin whom I spent the year at Oxford with, while [[strikethrough]] I was [[/strikethrough]]she & I were both engaged to Johns. Since then - 1931 - she married [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] her John - helped him to become the youngest member of the House of Commons, [[strikethrough]] He [[/strikethrough]] & had 2 children. John was killed in the air last fall, & Babs sent her children with their nanny for Mummie & Paul to take care of, & [[strikethrough]] th [[/strikethrough]] has now been elected the only American [[strikethrough]] lady [[/strikethrough]] woman since Lady Astor to take John's

Transcription Notes:
Beatrice Wright (née Clough) married John Rathbone, killed in Battle of Britain, and then Paul Wright